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>>> TAKE A LOOK AT THIS.
HE HAS BEEN KOUPTING ICOUNTING
SINCE AN AMERICAN WAS TAKEN BY
PLACE CHARGED WITH TRYING TO
TAKE DOWN THE GOVERNMENT.
THOSE DAYS HAVE NOT BEEN EASY
FOR BAY.
DENNIS RODMAN AND A GROUP OF NBA
STARS WERE INVITED TO NORTH
KOREA AND THEY WEREN'T PART OF
THE RELATIONS BETWEEN THE TWO
COUNTRIES.
THEY TRAVELED THERE SIMPLY TO
PLAY BASKETBALL.
BUT ONE OF THOSE PLAYERS SAID HE
WAS INSPIRED TO AGAIN A NEW
EFFORT TO BRING BAY HOME.
>> I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT WAS GOING
ON.
WITH KENNETH BAY.
I'M NOT A POLITICIAN.
WHEN I CAME BACK HOME, I DID MY
RESEARCH ON THE WHOLE SITUATION
AND I WANTED TO DO SOMETHING AND
MY PARTNER CAME UP WITH A GREAT
IDEA TO MAKE PEOPLE AWARE BRING
BAY BACK.
A LOT OF PEOPLE DO NOT KNOW WHAT
IS GOING ON WITH BAY AWARE NEWS
IS KEY.
DIDN'T THE FEELINGS START WHEN
YOU WERE IN NORTH KOREA IT
STARTED TO CLICK FOR YOU?
>> AFTER THE CNN INTERVIEW WITH
DENNIS RODMAN WHEN HE YOU KNOW
HAD THE MELT DOWN ON CNN.
I WAS LIKE WOW, YOU KNOW AND
THEN I GOT SOME CALLS ABOUT 24
HOURS BEFORE THE GAME AND
EVERYTHING FROM MY WIFE, MY
FAMILY BACK HOME.
WE COULDN'T GET NO TV OVER
THERE.
WE DIDN'T KNOW WHAT WAS GOING
ON.
BUT MY WIFE WAS GIVING ME
FEEDBACK.
I WISH I WOULD HAVE DONE IT.
THINGS WOULD HAVE BEEN
DIFFERENT.
I DID MY RESEARCH AND NOW I'M
AWARE OF WHAT IS GOING ON.
THERE WERE MANY THINGS THAT YOU
COULD HAVE DONE.
MANY CHARITIES THAT YOU COULD
HAVE ALIGNED YOURSELF WITH.
WHAT MADE YOU TEAM UP IN THIS
EFFORT TO HELP KENNETH BAY?
>> BECAUSE OF THE BACKLASH THAT
I RESOLCEIVED I WANTED TO LET T
KNOW, THAT NO, I DIDN'T WANT NO
HARM, NO FOUL, I WANTED TO DO
SOMETHING AND MAKE IT POSITIVE.
I DIDN'T KNOW WITH MY IGNORANCE
AND NOT DOING MY DUE DILIGENCE,
I DIDN'T KNOW THE WHOLE
SITUATION.
>> WHEN YOU HEARD AND SAID HE
WANTED TO GET INVOLVED WHAT DID
YOU THINK?
>> NOTHING GOOD CAME FROM THESE
GUYS GOING TO NORTH KOREA.
WE HAVE TO TURN WHAT IS A
NEGATIVE INTO A POSITIVE.
WHO BETTER TO DO IT THAN KENNY
ANDERSON.
>> WHAT DO YOU HAVE PLANNED
BESIDES LENDING YOUR NAME AND
TRYING TO BRING AAIRENESS, HOW
DO YOU PLAN TO HELP HERE?
>> WE ARE TRYING TO GET AS MANY
PEOPLE AS POSSIBLE TO SIGN A
PETITION.
BRING BAY BACK.
LIKE I SAID BE A AMBASSADOR FOR
THE SPORTS INDUSTRY SO I CAN
EDUCATE THESE GUYS SO WE CAN
KEEP THIS STORY.
I'M NOT A POLITICIAN, BUT THE
PLATFORM, WHO I AM AND WHAT I
HAVE DONE IN MY CAREER, BEING
THE ALL-STAR, I MIGHT GET SOME
PEOPLE AWARE WITH THE KENNETH
BAY SITUATION.